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Thursday, 20 October 2016

United Nations International Youth Photography Competition

United
Nations International Youth Photography Competition is open
internationally to all young people aged 7 to 18.

Young
people can send in images for a photo competition designed to raise awareness
about climate change and the winners can have their work exhibited at the
upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech (7-18 November). The newly
extended deadline is October 17.

As
part of the competition “Addressing Climate Change: In Focus”, participants are
asked to make pictures of how their communities have been affected by climate
change and how they are adapting, and of ways to reduce greenhouse gases, for
example through eco-housing, public transport, solar panels or wind turbines.

“The
historic Paris Climate Change Agreement is about to enter into force, and as
governments move to fine-tune and implement it, they need the full support of
all sectors of society, not least of young people. Photography and art can play
a key role in visually highlighting the impacts of climate change and the many
possibilities of effective climate action, thereby inspiring governments, along
with cities, investors, businesses and all of the civil society to do their
utmost to reduce emissions and build resilience,” said Nick Nuttall,
spokesperson for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Managed
by the Lucie Foundation and in cooperation with National Geographic, the
competition is open internationally to all young people aged 7 to 18. In
today’s world, where photography is an increasingly accessible medium,
participants need only a mobile phone to capture powerful images of the effects
of climate change.

“Young
people are critical in this global effort to address climate change. Having
photographed the UN Climate Change conferences for many years, I became
inspired to create a global competition involving the younger generation, our
future climate custodians, at a grassroots level,” said Henry Dallal, acclaimed
photographer and founder of the Addressing Climate Change Legacy Project and
author of Addressing Climate Change.